March of Time -- outtakes -- Palestine, 1938

Identifier
irn1001005
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1997.134.1
  • RG-60.0907
Dates
1 Jan 1938 - 31 Dec 1938
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

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Scope and Content

Brief shot, harbor, loading ship. CU, man. 01:24:06 Arabs hauling bags of oranges. Crane loading oranges for export on French SS Champollion. Passengers on deck. 01:24:43 "Gerusalemme / Trieste" ship at dock. Soldiers. Loading and unloading crates, oranges. 01:25:46 CUs, orange boxes. 01:25:57 Several scenes of unloading donkeys with a crane. 01:26:25 Polish immigrants on board ship. More shots of Poles. 01:26:57 Stevedores working with Haifa in BG. Oranges for export loaded onto Norwegian ship. 01:27:32 CU, Mr. William Peasley, Director of Customs and Excise, talking to British Police Sergeant. Arabs unload lighter for goods. 01:28:03 Romanian ship SS Dacia arriving in harbor with immigrants. Immigrants alight, walking in a line towards quarantine (several shots). Immigrants pass by empty "Gerusalemme" ship and a swastika flag raised over a German ship. 01:29:46 LS, Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC) oil dock, pipes. Good views of Haifa town, harbor, IPC terminals from Mount Carmel. 01:31:09 Haifa street scenes (high angle), main Jewish section, Jewish shops. Street scene in Arab quarter, children. Market. More street/market scenes taken from car, Arab café. 01:32:23 Arabs rushing Haifa harbor gates. 01:32:35 Brief shot of the arrival of French ship SS Champollion, German Jewish children arrived on this ship.

Note(s)

  • Cameraman's dope sheet available in departmental files.

  • To be confirmed: The ship Gerusalemme was built in 1920 in Triest. In June 1940, the ship was interned in Lourenco Marques. In 1944, it was requisitioned by Allies (Italian Flag) and used as hospital ship.

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